In the Aftermath

In the Aftermath (1988)

A horrifying vision of man's worst nightmare.

In a radiation-soaked wasteland, two surviving soldiers, Frank and Goose, search for essential supplies amid the rubble. After a violent confrontation, Frank is haunted by visions of an angelic young girl holding a giant egg, herself a refugee from another world altogether. Could the egg be the key to saving both their world?

Date of release
1988-01-01
TMDB
4.9 / 10 (14)
Runtime
1h 12m
Genres
Drama, Fantasy, Science Fiction, Animation
Director
Carl Colpaert

Casting

Interesting facts

In the Aftermath: Angels Never Sleep is a 1988 post-apocalyptic science fantasy film directed by Carl Colpaert, and released by New World Pictures. The film is notable for being loosely based on, as well as using footage from, Mamoru Oshii's 1985 OVA, Angel's Egg.

Production

In the Aftermath was shot on a low budget, and used live-action segments in order to pair it with footage from Angel's Egg, which the studio acquired in a distribution bundle, and ended up paying very little for the rights to. Neither director Colpaert nor producer Tom Dugan understood the original film, calling it "incomprehensible," and opted to shoot live-action segments in order for it to make more sense to audiences.

The cast and crew working on the live-action segments had no idea how their footage would be cut, and were given very little direction. In addition to dubbing over the angel in the animated segments, Katie Leigh dubbed over the dialog of Rainbow Dolan, who portrayed the angel in the live-action segments. Edward Holm and Bryan Ellenburg were both production assistants and on-screen extras.

The live-action portions of the film were shot at the abandoned Kaiser Steel mill in Fontana, California. The footage from Angel's Egg is used to portray the angel's home world, with some portions edited over the live action footage to represent the angel's true form. The angel's live-action costume and all the weapons were designed to mimic similar ones in the cartoon.

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